Book Review: ‘Bounty Hunter 4/3’ by Jason Delgado is like having a beer with the sniper community

Being a Marine doesn’t mean the same thing for everybody. Despite being the smallest military branch employed by the United States, a wide variety of occupational specialties, combat theaters, and operational requirements assures us all that our time in boots will be a unique conglomeration of pride and misery, custom tailored to fate and our own decisions. That diversity of experience, however, has its limits, and the relative few of us that wore an Eagle, Globe and Anchor on our collars or covers, often find that we’re only a few degrees of separation from one another, even if we’ve never met.

I’ve never met Jason Delgado, but in a way, I felt like I knew him before I ever picked up his new book, “Bounty Hunter 4/3.” His frequent appearances of SOFREP Radio with Ian Scotto, Brandon Webb, and Jack Murphy have served as a welcome distraction on my longer runs for a while now. Worth noting, of course, these days my runs are long in duration more often than distance – but Delgado’s no-nonsense conversational style and willingness to speak his mind unapologetically, while respectfully allowing for the possibility that he may be ruffling feathers, has a way of pulling me out of my achy-knee’d misery, and sending me back to the loose sand of Sugar Cookie in Twentynine Palms… Back to when I was a younger, fitter, and meaner Marine. Delgado doesn’t speak like a politician or a media personality that’s trying to appeal to the broadest demographic possible. Delgado talks like a Marine: with respect, confidence, and an expletive filled certainty you can find in fighting holes and drill fields wherever the Corps has a footprint.

About the Author

Alex Hollings served as an active duty Marine for six and a half years before being medically retired from service. As an athlete, Hollings has raced exotic cars, played Marine Corps football and college rugby, fought in cages, and even wrestled alligators. As a scholar, he has earned a master’s degree in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as undergraduate degrees in Corporate and Organizational Communications and Business Management.

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Stephen W

I wish they made more books into audio, I actually like it better listening to stories rather than reading

Slack Man

I'm looking forward to picking up this book. Been on my radar for a while. Love the review, Alex, thanks. I really enjoyed Michael Golembeski's books (Level Zero Heroes and Dagger 22) So I know I will enjoy this book for sure. I also finally read Dakota Meyer's book recently, "Into The Fire". I couldn't put it down, finished it in a few days! Thank you guys for telling your stories, much respect!!
SF

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I got the book when I went to the release party after work i kinda didn’t want to go because I just finished working but went anyways Jason probably remembers me because was there for like 3 hours and didn’t speak to nobody sat in a corner were people could barely see me because I wanted to met and talk to Jason for lots of reason he’s a NY guy like me from family comes from the Caribbean like me he’s Puerto Rican I’m Dominican same shit just different location and our accents when we speak Spanish. And on top of that he’s a Marine Scout Sniper he’s a OG in my world. I went to the release party after work and when I got in I saw Jason but he always had like 5 to 10 people around him I put off until the last few mins after the majority of the people left I was gonna ask Jason for a copy of the book and to sign it maybe talk with him a bit there before everyone had to dip but he was talking to some guys I was standing behind Jason for like a 1 min although it felt like 30 because the dudes in front of him kinda looked at me like if I wanted to rob him or something so they kept looking I kept looking at them kinda got awkward so we all looked away was kinda funny and finally I just ask some guy who’s Jason friend and Jason who he also did his tattoo and by the looks of it they were good friends he said he’ll ask Jason for me he did and Jason turned around and started talking to me and the whole time I like holy shit the god is talking to me son we were talking For a few told him I was enlisting the in Marine corps and follow into some of his footsteps and as soon I as told him that I felt maybe it was just me he got more cooler brotherly type shit with me he fucking hug me a couple times and forced me I say forced because I don’t take pictures like that he forced me to take a picture I told him that he was like “fuck it were taking one anyways” lmao and send it to my phone his friend sold me his copy of the book he bought because they sold out on the ones they had for sale I was like nah at first but he told he’d probably get another from Jason anyway so might as well just get it from him I did and Jason signed it and everything it was cool I. It was cool meeting Jason even thou it was just for like 20mins although it felt like it was 3 hours talking to him. Another reason I like Jason was because he came from a neighborhood like me although I Wasn’t raised in the 80s and 90s Bronx although I can imagine it but when I was growing up shit was calming down compared to his time but just like back the it’s a place that everyone outside and some inside think if you live in the ghetto in any of the boroughs or any where in general you’ll fucking become a drug dealer or a thief or some fucking foul shit nah man I’m not selling drugs or kidnapping people or stealing from other drug dealers or if someone gave me money and told me to destroy someones car or beat someone for some bullshit “he looked at me wrong” the fuck? (BTW I realized some of the shit I wrote a our military does although its not the same thing) but nah I’m good dawg shit imagine when I fucking try to enlist and can’t because I’m a fucking criminal or have to wait months maybe years on a waiver to enlist nah son I’m good I’ll stay away from those family members or friends that do that type of shit cause it ain’t worth at least not for me nothing else is in the pipeline for me is either this or fucking this and that it’s. Jason’s cool ass dude, I only got like an hour into the book ended on page 85 chapter 6” head east” its an awesome read I had to stop cause had to work the next day so had to KO and I’m off the next 3days so I’ll try and get to at least page 200 so far it’s fucking better than good. Id suggest you get the book, and the release party even thou I stood in the corner for literally all of it no joke the party did have a lot of sexy ass women god dayum son Jesus Christ about 4 were total dime pieces fuck man reason I don’t find my own apartment is cause I plan on being in the marine corps soon but fuck mayn Jesus Christ. I got a couple of more questions I’d like to ask Jason although I like to do it in person like the shit with his uncle or when he was in the Sniper Indoc maybe when I finish the book I’d have more.

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I got the book when I went to the release party after work i kinda didn’t want to go because I just finished working but went anyways Jason probably remembers me because was there for like 3 hours and didn’t speak to nobody sat in a corner were people could barely see me because I wanted to met and talk to Jason for lots of reason he’s a NY guy like me from family comes from the Caribbean like me he’s Puerto Rican I’m Dominican same shit just different location and our accents when we speak Spanish. And on top of that he’s a Marine Scout Sniper he’s a OG in my world. I went to the release party after work and when I got in I saw Jason but he always had like 5 to 10 people around him I put off until the last few mins after the majority of the people left I was gonna ask Jason for a copy of the book and to sign it maybe talk with him a bit there before everyone had to dip but he was talking to some guys I was standing behind Jason for like a 1 min although it felt like 30 because the dudes in front of him kinda looked at me like if I wanted to rob him or something so they kept looking I kept looking at them kinda got awkward so we all looked away was kinda funny and finally I just ask some guy who’s Jason friend and Jason who he also did his tattoo and by the looks of it they were good friends he said he’ll ask Jason for me he did and Jason turned around and started talking to me and the whole time I like holy shit the god is talking to me son we were talking For a few told him I was enlisting the in Marine corps and follow into some of his footsteps and as soon I as told him that I felt maybe it was just me he got more cooler brotherly type shit with me he fucking hug me a couple times and forced me I say forced because I don’t take pictures like that he forced me to take a picture I told him that he was like “fuck it were taking one anyways” lmao and send it to my phone his friend sold me his copy of the book he bought because they sold out on the ones they had for sale I was like nah at first but he told he’d probably get another from Jason anyway so might as well just get it from him I did and Jason signed it and everything it was cool I. It was cool meeting Jason even thou it was just for like 20mins although it felt like it was 3 hours talking to him. Another reason I like Jason was because he came from a neighborhood like me although I Wasn’t raised in the 80s and 90s Bronx although I can imagine it but when I was growing up shit was calming down compared to his time but just like back the it’s a place that everyone outside and some inside think if you live in the ghetto in any of the boroughs or any where in general you’ll fucking become a drug dealer or a thief or some fucking foul shit nah man I’m not selling drugs or kidnapping people or stealing from other drug dealers or if someone gave me money and told me to destroy someones car or beat someone for some bullshit “he looked at me wrong” the fuck? (BTW I realized some of the shit I wrote a our military does although its not the same thing) but nah I’m good dawg shit imagine when I fucking try to enlist and can’t because I’m a fucking criminal or have to wait months maybe years on a waiver to enlist nah son I’m good I’ll stay away from those family members or friends that do that type of shit cause it ain’t worth at least not for me nothing else is in the pipeline for me is either this or fucking this and that it’s. Jason’s cool ass dude, I only got like an hour into the book ended on page 85 chapter 6” head east” its an awesome read I had to stop cause had to work the next day so had to KO and I’m off the next 3days so I’ll try and get to at least page 200 so far it’s fucking better than good. Id suggest you get the book, and the release party even thou I stood in the corner for literally all of it no joke the party did have a lot of sexy ass women god dayum son Jesus Christ about 4 were total dime pieces fuck man reason I don’t find my own apartment is cause I plan on being in the marine corps soon but fuck mayn Jesus Christ. I got a couple of more questions I’d like to ask Jason although I like to do it in person like the shit with his uncle or when he was in the Sniper Indoc maybe when I finish the book I’d have more.